About the Artwork
Mavourneen
1877
James Joseph Tissot
1836-1902
French
Unknown
Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 14 5/8 × 7 7/8 inches (37.1 × 20 cm) Sheet: 18 1/2 × 11 3/8 inches (47 × 28.9 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
71.402
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Markings
Signed and dated, in plate, lower right of image: J. J. Tissot | 1877 Signed, in red, on plate, below previous signature: [artist's monogram] Signed, in pencil, lower right: J. Tissot
Inscribed, in pencil, upper right corner of sheet: B. 24 Inscribed, lower left edge: Mavourneen, 1877 Inscribed, in pencil, along lower center edge: [illegible notation] Inscribed, lower right corner: B. 24
Watermark: radiating sun with face Stamp, in red, verso: [unidentified monogram]
Provenance
1971-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
James Joseph Tissot, Mavourneen, 1877, etching and drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 71.402.
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